Tag: Hackathon

UNICEF in Kazakhstan together with the International IT University have held three hackathons to inspire young programmers to come up with solutions to issues specific to children. The UNICEF Innovations lab director in Almaty, Aizhan Altaibek, and winning team, Insaai share their thoughts on the third hackathon that took place […]

By Emma Ohana, Office of Innovation, UNICEF The room was abuzz with flipcharts and chatter. Participants clutched markers, iPhones and mugs of coffee, as ideas flowed freely at the Zain Innovation Campus in Amman, Jordan. A veritable smorgasbord of software developers, designers, and entrepreneurs of all ages, turned out in […]

Nowadays the term “innovation” is known to many people. We see a lot of innovative products being designed however it is not always easy to understand the evolving process that went into the end product. UNICEF Sudan, in an effort to embody Thomas Edison’s wisdom that “there is a way […]

A 3-day ChildApp Appathon with tech savvy youth helps develop applications to combat social problems Closely linked with the Idea Studio, and something that will tap on innovative applications, a few days later, UNICEF Nepal organized the ChildApp Appathon. The appathon seeks to develop innovative web, phone, desktop and game […]

Original article: App testing safe water wins at ChildApp Appathon Published on República on July 1, 2014 KATHMANDU, July 1: ChildApp Appathon, a three-day boot camp to develop child friendly apps, concluded on June 29 with the group ‘Engineering ADDA’ winning first place. Milan Karki and Darpan Pudasaini of Nepal […]

The work on innovation is becoming indeed a movement. Few days back, adolescents and young people queued up for hours to secure a seat for the “I have an idea” event. The venue was able to accommodate more than 1500, while much more gathered outside. The event was incredibly successful. […]

Original article: Winners of ChildApp Appathon declared Published on The Himalayan Times on June 30, 2014 KATHMANDU: The winners of ChildApp Appathon, which was organised with an aim to develop innovative web, phone, desktop and game applications to solve common issues related to children, have been announced. The appathon was jointly organised […]

UNICEF Nicaragua, a partner of Mukul Beach, Golf & Spa, presented the Sociopreneur Initiative at the first festival of public innovation, FINDEMO, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the end of March 2014. The event consisted of 48 hours of hack-a-thon with over 150 entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, and academics united to tackle five problems […]

…So I’ve been invited to present at FINDEMO, the first Public Innovation Festival in the world. It’ll be 48 hours of non-stop hack-a-thon in Buenos Aires in the end of the month! It’s like running a marathon to solve problems in the public sector, making use of open innovation, co-creation […]

In January, the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) in partnership with UNICEF Ghana launched the MEST-UNICEF Hackathon, a three-day product development competition to find new technologies to serve the hard-to-reach in Ghana. Participants tackled issues ranging from water supply tracking, to access to information, and sanitation. Over three days […]

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